House approves wartime funding bill amid Afghanistan debate
The House passed a 96.7 billion measure backing Obama’s request for Afghanistan and Iraq war funding, with 368 to 60 vote. Some Democrats defected while Republicans largely supported the package, boosting total war funding above 900 billion. A Senate panel backed a 91.3 billion counterpart closely aligned to the request, plus 50 million to begin closing Guantanamo Bay detention facilities.
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Appropriations Committee
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Hawaii
Pelosi pushes truth commission on Bush era interrogations
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses the Bush administration and the CIA of misleading Congress about waterboarding and urges a truth commission. Separately the CIA rejects Dick Cheney’s bid to declassify memos claiming harsh methods were key to stopping terror plots.
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John Boehner
Rohio
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Christopher Bond
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Senate Intelligence Committee
Obama
Atlanta donor gives Habitat $100 million for 60000 homes
J Ronald Terwilliger of Atlanta donates 100 million to Habitat for Humanity International. The gift, largest ever to the group, will fund an endowment and enable construction of about 60,000 homes worldwide, amid a weak economy and rising demand for affordable housing.
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Habitat For Humanity International
Habitat
Center On Philanthropy
Indiana University
J. Ronald Terwilliger
Trammell Crow Residential Co
Terwilliger
Americas
Japanese suicides by self harm rise among ages 30 to 39
An annual National Police Agency report shows death by own action rates for Japanese aged 30 to 39 fell 2.6 percent to 32,249 in 2008, with 4,850 personal crisis reports in that cohort a record for the age group. Men in their 50s remained the largest group, representing about one fifth of cases. Japan plans $220 million for anti suicide initiatives.
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National Police Agency
Japan
FDIC Economist Arrested for Bank Robbery Attempt
An on leave FDIC economist was charged in an indictment for the April 11 attempted heist at a Bank of America branch in Independence Missouri. Authorities say he claimed a bomb in a briefcase and demanded money but did not take a $41,000 bundle from an employee.
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Kansas City
Jeff Walser
Bank of America
Independence
Ginger helps reduce chemotherapy nausea in large study
A large federally funded study from the University of Rochester found ginger capsules taken before a chemotherapy infusion reduced the frequency and severity of post infusion nausea. Results released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and to be presented at their annual meeting.
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Julie Ryan
University of Rochester
New York
American Society of Clinical Oncology
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